State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1991 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,362 Maine births in 1991 across 455 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Maine more than they say America.

#73Colbyoutside the national top 200
#95Tashaoutside the national top 200
#98Devonoutside the national top 200
#99Hilaryoutside the national top 200
#98Maxwell#188 nationally
#78Hillary#166 nationally
#95Mathew#161 nationally
#60Felicia#121 nationally
#81Katrina#140 nationally
#80Meagan#130 nationally
#67Natasha#113 nationally
#88Chelsey#129 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley210US #1
#2Sarah155US #6
#3Samantha154US #5
#4Jessica151US #2
#5Emily140US #10
#6Amanda130US #4
#7Kayla119US #12
#8Megan113US #11
#9Brittany111US #3
#10Chelsea104US #18
#11Elizabeth100US #9
#12Courtney88US #19
#13Rebecca84US #21
#14Jennifer83US #8
#15Lauren81US #13
#16Danielle80US #17
#17Stephanie79US #7
#18Nicole75US #15
#19Hannah70US #29
#20Heather67US #23
#21Kelsey65US #26
#22Katherine64US #25
#23Amber58US #16
#24Katie56US #53
#25Cassandra54US #54
#26Brianna53US #51
#27Rachel53US #14
#28Alyssa52US #30
#29Michelle51US #22
#30Taylor50US #32
#31Kimberly48US #34
#32Morgan47US #49
#33Melissa44US #20
#34Brooke43US #65
#35Shelby43US #33
#36Molly41US #74
#37Amy40US #43
#38Laura40US #35
#39Olivia40US #61
#40Sara40US #37
#41Katelyn38US #75
#42Tiffany38US #27
#43Brittney36US #58
#44Kaitlyn36US #82
#45Erin35US #44
#46Victoria35US #28
#47Caitlin34US #55
#48Shannon34US #71
#49Alexandra33US #36
#50Allison33US #50
#51Anna33US #46
#52Christina33US #31
#53Kathryn33US #57
#54Alicia32US #63
#55Lindsey31US #52
#56Mariah31US #69
#57Meghan30US #94
#58Abigail29US #92
#59Crystal29US #41
#60Felicia29US #121
#61Julia29US #67
#62Catherine28US #72
#63Kelly28US #42
#64Kristen27US #48
#65Lindsay27US #77
#66Marissa27US #81
#67Natasha27US #113
#68Whitney27US #68
#69Mary26US #38
#70Ariel25US #66
#71Bethany24US #109
#72Miranda24US #90
#73Paige24US #76
#74Andrea23US #39
#75Angela23US #59
#76Erica23US #40
#77Haley23US #79
#78Hillary23US #166
#79Margaret23US #108
#80Meagan23US #130
#81Katrina22US #140
#82Leah22US #91
#83Alexis21US #47
#84Holly21US #105
#85Jamie21US #60
#86Kathleen21US #102
#87Kristina21US #87
#88Chelsey20US #129
#89Erika20US #84
#90Jasmine20US #24
#91Jenna20US #80
#92Emma19US #123
#93Jordan19US #62
#94Kaitlin19US #99
#95Tasha19
#96Caroline18US #116
#97Desiree18US #126
#98Devon18
#99Hilary18
#100Christine17US #73

Boys

#1Joshua261US #4
#2Matthew251US #3
#3Michael248US #1
#4Christopher209US #2
#5Nicholas190US #12
#6Tyler163US #16
#7Ryan159US #11
#8Jacob148US #17
#9Benjamin139US #33
#10Zachary139US #22
#11Justin129US #14
#12Andrew127US #5
#13Joseph125US #9
#14Kyle122US #21
#15Brandon121US #15
#16James116US #7
#17Daniel106US #6
#18Robert106US #13
#19John102US #10
#20Alexander98US #26
#21Dylan97US #46
#22Jonathan90US #20
#23Cody88US #24
#24Thomas88US #28
#25David85US #8
#26William85US #19
#27Nathan78US #42
#28Timothy77US #32
#29Adam76US #36
#30Ethan76US #65
#31Anthony74US #18
#32Aaron73US #31
#33Patrick72US #35
#34Samuel68US #39
#35Eric67US #25
#36Brian66US #30
#37Corey65US #58
#38Derek63US #59
#39Stephen62US #41
#40Dustin61US #56
#41Jordan61US #29
#42Kevin59US #23
#43Scott59US #57
#44Steven54US #27
#45Jesse52US #51
#46Travis51US #44
#47Nathaniel48US #84
#48Richard48US #34
#49Cameron47US #62
#50Jeffrey47US #45
#51Sean44US #40
#52Ian43US #73
#53Jeremy42US #43
#54Peter42US #77
#55Jason41US #49
#56Alex40US #63
#57Caleb38US #78
#58Charles37US #38
#59Shawn36US #71
#60Taylor36US #52
#61Casey35US #90
#62Devin33US #83
#63Evan33US #70
#64Jared33US #64
#65Seth33US #99
#66Garrett32US #91
#67Chad31US #104
#68Mark31US #47
#69Shane31US #75
#70Gregory30US #55
#71Bradley28US #67
#72Christian28US #48
#73Colby28
#74Kenneth28US #54
#75Logan27US #94
#76Paul27US #53
#77Spencer27US #105
#78Brett25US #88
#79Lucas25US #107
#80Keith24US #89
#81Luke24US #113
#82Edward22US #68
#83Philip22US #120
#84Donald21US #102
#85Cory20US #74
#86Bryan19US #61
#87Dillon19US #103
#88Dakota18US #121
#89Douglas18US #109
#90Jake18US #119
#91Isaac17US #130
#92Mitchell17US #96
#93Trevor17US #69
#94Gary16US #124
#95Mathew16US #161
#96Connor15US #133
#97Erik15US #95
#98Maxwell15US #188
#99Raymond15US #97
#100Gabriel14US #82

On the move since 1990

Rising

↑44Taylor#30
↑34Olivia#39
↑28Casey#61
↑27Garrett#66
↑26Morgan#32
↑26Colby#73
↑22Shannon#48
↑21Kelsey#21

Falling

↓33Kristen#64
↓31Erica#76
↓29Jordan#93
↓28Bethany#71
↓25Jamie#85
↓20Alicia#54
↓20Abigail#58
↓20Mary#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1990 rankings.